Slaveowners in Newton County

In 1860, according the U.S. Census slave schedule (the last census before emancipation) 6,460 persons were enslaved, by 756 slave owners.. In that year, major slave-owners in the county included:

• J.S. Anderson (42 slaves)
• Dolly H. Burge (32 slaves)
• B.F. Carr (41 slaves)
• John P. Carr (72 slaves)
• W.W. Clark (54 slaves)
• J.M. Cody (35 slaves)
• J.J. Floyd (78 slaves)
• Henry Gaither (71 slaves)
• Iverson L. Graves (31 slaves)
• John Harris (100 slaves)
• J.J. Henderson (62 slaves)
• A.M. Lee (68 slaves)
• Andrew Miller (31 slaves)
• C.D Pace (36 slaves)
• Walter B. Perry (61 slaves)
• Alexander Pharr (50 slaves)
• P. Reynolds (80 slaves)
• Prentis (sp?) Reynolds (77 slaves)
• J.B. Slack (80 slaves)
• Charles Strong (75 slaves)
• Caroline L.D. Wilson (40 slaves)
• R.B. Wood (34 slaves)